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Conceptualizing Temporal Perception Through Henri Bergson’s ‘Duration’ in Anthony Neilson’s The Wonderful World of Dissocia | ||
| Journal of Language Studies | ||
| Volume 10, Issue 2, Part 2, June 2026, Pages 399-411 PDF (610.26 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.25130/Lang.10.2.P2.20 | ||
| Author | ||
| Asst. Lect. Nibras Ibrahim Mahmood | ||
| Open Educational College, Salah Aldeen Centre, Samarra Branch, Samarra, Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Time perception constitutes a central thematic concern in Anthony Neilson's The Wonderful World of Dissocia (2004), a play that follows Lisa as her psychological condition occurs between the realities of the external world and the magical realm of Dissocia. This study examines the dynamics of time perception by contrasting measured, or mechanical time with experienced, or psychological one. It aims to identify Henri Bergson's philosophical concept of "duration" as a framework for analyzing how the protagonist’s subjective consciousness affects the main character's view of time and how she experiences duration in her mind through recollecting the past. It explores that true time cannot be spatially limited within a fixed sequence of measured moments, but it is a qualitative, diverse, and rooted in inner existence. The play dramatically emphasizes that subjective perception of time is more experiential than measurable by presenting a character who is in a state of internal duality. Bergson's duration concludes that Neilson's play discloses those two opposing temporal modes of being rather than oneiric and realistic ones. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Anthony Neilson; duration; Henri Bergson; memory; temporal perception | ||
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